Computer Awareness for SBI PO 2017

Dear Aspirants,

Welcome to the world of Computer Awareness. With SBI PO Prelims 2017 round the corner, it should be your priority to cover every aspect of Computer on daily basis so that you can do well in SBI PO Mains exam. These are helpful not only for SBI PO Mains exam but other competition exams like SSC CGL, SSC CHSL, IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk, NIACL Assistant, IPPB PO, etc.

Q1.A _________ typically connects personal computers within a very limited geographical area, usually within a single building.

(a) LAN 

(b) FAN

(c) TAN 

(d) WAN

(e) VPN

Q2. Pressing Windows logo key + E will open which of the following?

(a) My Computer

(b) My document

(c) Recycle Bin

(d) Control Panel

(e) Windows Media Player

Q3. To delete the selected item permanently, press __________.

(a) Alt + Delete

(b) Shift + D

(c) Shift + Delete

(d) Alt + D

(e) None of these

Q4. Commands at the top of a screen such as File-Edit, Format and Tools to operate and change things are incorporated in __________________.

(a) Menu bar

(b) Tool bar

(c) User friendly

(d) Word processor

(e) None of these

Q5. Auxiliary memory is also called _______________.

(a) Primary memory 

(b) Third memory

(c) Extra memory

(d) Secondary memory

(e) None of the above

Q6. The startup routine runs, when machine boots up is known as _____________.

(a) POST

(b) BOOT up 

(c) Operating Routine

(d) I/O operation

(e) BSOD

Q7. Which among the following is the shortcut key combination to copy formatting from text?

(a) Alt + Shift + C

(b) Tab + Shift + C

(c) Ctrl + Shift + C

(d) F1 + Shift + C

(e) None of these

Q8. The key F12 opens a ________.

(a) SaveAs dialog box

(b) Open dialog box

(c) Save dialog box

(d) Close dialog box

(e) None of these

Q9. The operation of combining two cells into a single cell in Excel is referred to as ________.

(a) join cells

(b) merge cells

(c) merge table

(d) join table

(e) tuple

Q10. What is a bootstrap?

(a) A memory device

(b) A device to support the computer

(c) An error correction technique

(d) A small initialization program to start up a computer 

(e) None of the above

Q11. Hybrid computer used the combined feature of _________ and _________ machine. 

(a) analogue, digital

(b) super, sub

(c) client, server

(d) warehouse, mining

(e) RAM, ROM

Q12. What is Linux? 

(a) Input Device 

(b) Operating system 

(c) Storage Device 

(d) Output Device 

(e) Processor 

Q13. Which of the following is the default page setup orientation for notes pages, outlines and handouts?

(a) Hyphenation

(b) Landscape 

(c) Portrait

(d) Footer

(e) Header

Q14. Which among the following was the first graphical web browser?

(a) Mosaic 

(b) WAIS

(c) CERN

(d) Gopher

(e) None of the above

Q15. Which icon represents an e-mail message that has not been read?

(a) Question Mark

(b) Red envelope

(c) Highlighted envelope

(d) Flashing letter

(e) Closed envelope

Solution

S1. Ans (a)

Sol.  A local-area network (LAN) is a computer network that spans a relatively small area. Most often, a LAN is confined to a single room, building or group of buildings

S2. Ans. (a)

Sol. Pressing Windows logo key + E will open My Computer.

S3. Ans. (c)

Sol. Shift + Delete will delete the selected item permanently.

S4. Ans. (a)

Sol. Those commands, options are available in menu bar.

S5. Ans. (d) 

Sol.  Auxiliary memory is also called secondary memory.

S6. Ans. (b) 

Sol.  The startup routine runs, when machine boots up is BOOT up.

S7. Ans. (c) 

Sol. Ctrl + Shift + C is used to copy text formatting.

S8. Ans. (a) 

Sol. The key F12 opens a SaveAs dialog box.

S9. Ans. (b) 

Sol. The operation of combining two cells into a single cell in Excel is referred to as merge cells.

S10. Ans.(d)

Sol. A bootstrap is the process of starting up a computer. It also refers to the program that initializes the operating system (OS) during start-up.

S11. Ans.(a)

Sol. Hybrid computers are computers that exhibit features of analog computers and digital computers. The digital component normally serves as the controller and provides logical and numerical operations, while the analog component often serves as a solver of differential equations and other mathematically complex equations. 

S12. Ans.(b)

Sol. Linux is a Unix-like and mostly POSIX-compliant computer operating system (OS) assembled under the model of free and open-source software development and distribution.

S13. Ans.(b)

Sol. Page orientation is the way in which a rectangular page is oriented for normal viewing. By default, PowerPoint slide layouts appear in landscape orientation. 

S14. Ans.(a)

Sol. The explosion in popularity of the Web was triggered by NCSA Mosaic, a graphical browser which eventually ran on several popular office and home computers. This was the first web browser aiming to bring multimedia content to non-technical users, and therefore included images and text on the same page, unlike previous browser designs, its founder was Marc Andreessen.

S15. Ans.(e)

Sol.  Closed envelope icon represents an e-mail message that has not been read.

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Computer Awareness for SBI PO 2017

Dear Aspirants,

Welcome to the world of Computer Awareness. With SBI PO Prelims 2017 round the corner, it should be your priority to cover every aspect of Computer on daily basis so that you can do well in SBI PO Mains exam. These are helpful not only for SBI PO Mains exam but other competition exams like SSC CGL, SSC CHSL, IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk, NIACL Assistant, IPPB PO, etc.

Q1. Which among the following is an important circuitry in a computer system that directs the operation of the processor?

(a) Memory

(b) Address Bus

(c) Accumulator

(d) ALU

(e) Control Unit

Q2. MS Word is a text or document editing application program that comes in the package of MS Office Suite. Which among the given options is not related with MS Word?

(a) Page Layout

(b) Antivirus 

(c) Mailings

(d) Format Painter

(e) SmartArt

Q3. Which among the following is another name for a group of 4 bits?

(a) Nibble

(b) Byte

(c) Kilo Byte

(d) Mega Byte

(e) Peta Byte

Q4. Which among the given options is IBM’s Supercomputer?

(a) Tihane-2

(b) SunwayTaihu Light

(c) Watson

(d) Shasra-T

(e) Brain

Q5. Which is a feature included in Microsoft PowerPoint software that allows the user to see all the slides in a presentation at one time?

(a) Slide Sorter

(b) Slide Master

(c) Handout Master

(d) Slide Header

(e) Reading View

Q6.  Which among the given options does not have flash memory?

(a) Pen Drive

(b) Hard Disk

(c) Car Radio

(d) Memory Cards

(e) Memory Stick

Q7.Pokémon Go app, an immensely popular game which allowed people to wander around their hometowns and score points by interacting with characters, within the confines of a game, then going to real-life places to make progress in virtual environments. Which of the following is related technology?

(a) Artificial Intelligence

(b) Virtual Reality

(c) Augmented Reality

(d) Sleeker

(e) None of these

Q8. Which type of system can learn and adjust to new circumstances by themselves?

(a) Database management system

(b) Expert systems

(c) Geographical systems

(d) Neural networks 

(e) File based systems

Q9. In 2014, Apple decided to invent a programming language. What is the name of that programming language?

(a) Cyanogen

(b) Ruby

(c) Swift

(d) Oxygen

(e) None of these

Q10.Which among the following is the appropriate term to find specific information on a website?

(a) Analytical research 

(b) Drill down

(c) MDX querying 

(d) Checking its Homepage.

(e) Scroll down 

Q11. Verizon Communications on July 2016, announced plans to acquire Yahoo for $4.8 billion in cash. Yahoo (www.yahoo.com) is a _________.

(a) Website for Consumers

(b) Web Portal

(c) Organization that allocates web addresses

(d) E-mail service

(e) E-commerce website

Q12. A __________’s main purpose is to prohibit unauthorized access to your computer via the Internet.

(a) Popup blocker 

(b) Firewall

(c) Spyware blocker 

(d) Spam assassin

(e) Restore file

Q13.Word is a word processor developed by Microsoft. In MS Word spelling check is a feature available in which tab?

(a) Page Layout

(b) Home

(c) Insert 

(d) Review

(e) References

Q14.____ is the automatic addition of names and addresses from a database to letters and envelopes in order to facilitate sending mail especially advertising, to many addresses.

(a) mail merge

(b) bcc

(c) cc

(d) balloons

(e) New

Q15. =Sum (S3 : S10) is an example of a 

(a) function

(b) formula

(c) cell address

(d) value

(e) None of these

Solutions

S1. Ans.(e)

Sol. The Control Unit (CU) is digital circuitry contained within the processor that coordinates the sequence of data movements into, out of, and between a processor's many sub-units.

 S2. Ans.(b)

Sol. Except Antivirus, all others are parts and options available in MS Word.

S3. Ans.(a)

Sol. Nibble= 4 bits

S4. Ans.(c)

Sol. Watson is IBM's Super Computer

S5. Ans.(a)

Sol. Slide Sorter view is a feature included in Microsoft PowerPoint software that allows the user to see all the slides in a presentation at one time. The slides appear in the task pane as small graphics that are arranged in rows and columns.

S6. Ans.(c)

Sol. Except Car Radio all other have flash memory.

S7. Ans.(c)

Sol. Augmented reality is a technology that superimposes a computer-generated image on a user's view of the real world.

S8. Ans.(d)

Sol. Neural networks can learn and adjust to new circumstances by themselves.

S9. Ans.(c)

Sol. Swift is a general-purpose, multi-paradigm, compiled programming language developed by Apple Inc.

S10. Ans.(b)

Sol. In information technology to drill down means to move from one place to another, information to detailed data by focusing in on something.

S11. Ans.(b)

Sol. A Web portal is a specially designed website that often serves as the single point of access for information.

The first Web portals were online services, such as AOL, that provided access to the Web, but by now most of the traditional search engines have transformed themselves into Web portals to attract and keep a larger audience.

S12. Ans.(b)

Sol. A firewall acts as a barrier between a trusted network and an untrusted network. A firewall controls access to the resources of a network through a positive control model. This means that the only traffic allowed onto the network is defined in the firewall policy; all other traffic is denied. 

Firewalls can be implemented in both hardware and software, or a combination of both.

S13. Ans.(d)

Sol.  

S14. Ans.(a)

Sol. Mail merge is used to create multiple documents at once. These documents have identical layout, formatting, text, and graphics. Only specific sections of each document vary and are personalised.

S15. Ans. (b) 

Sol. It is a formula to get sum of the data from cell number S3 to S10.

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Welcome to the world of Computer Awareness. With SBI PO Prelims 2017 round the corner, it should be your priority to cover every aspect of Computer on daily basis so that you can do well in SBI PO Mains exam. These are helpful not only for SBI PO Mains exam but other competition exams like SSC CGL, SSC CHSL, IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk, NIACL Assistant, IPPB PO, etc.

Q1. What type of web technology creates an online community where people can make statements and others can read and respond to those statements?

(a) I-Journal

(b) Podcast

(c) ASP

(d) Blog

(e) None of the above

Q2. Access control based on a person’s fingerprints is an example of _________.

(a) biometric identification

(b) characteristic identification

(c) encryption

(d) logistics

(e) None of these

Q3. LANs can be connected by which of the following devices which operate on the data link layer?

(a) Hub

(b) Bridges

(c) HDLC

(d) Tunnel

(e) None of these

Q4. The data to be encrypted at the sender site is called _____ and the data to be decrypted at the receiver end is called _____.

(a) Secret key, public key 

(b) Public key, secret key

(c) Plain text, cipher text

(d) Cipher text, plain text

(e) None of these

 Q5. Java was introduced by which among the following organisation?

(a) Sun Microsystem

(b) IBM

(c) Intel

(d) Microsoft

(e) AT & T

Q6. Which menu is selected to print?

(a) File

(b) Tools

(c) Special

(d) Edit

(e) None of these

 Q7. What does ASCII stand for?

(a) American Standard Code for Information Intelligence

(b) American Standard Code for Income Interchange

(c) American Standard Code for Information Interchange

(d) American States Code for Intelligence Interchange

(e) None of the above

Q8. A device that not only provides surge protection, but also furnishes the computer with battery backup power during a power outage is ______. 

(a) Battery strip

(b) UPS

(c) Surge strip

(d) USB

(e) Memory

Q9. Which of the following is a small microprocessor-based computer designed to be used by one person at a time?

(a) Netbook

(b) Mainframe

(c) Supercomputer

(d) Personal computer

(e) All-in-one

Q10. In PROM, P stands for?

(a) Plausible

(b) Program

(c) Programmable

(d) Proper

(e) Preferred

Q11. C++, Java and PHP are _______ programming languages.

(a) Procedure-oriented

(b) Object oriented

(c) Font oriented

(d) Visual Basic

(e) None of these

Q12. When a logic bomb is activated by a time-related event, it is known as a  ________.

(a) Time-related bomb sequence

(b) Virus

(c) Time bomb

(d) Trojan horse

(e) All of the above

 Q13. Which of the following is not a type of broadband internet connection? 

(a) Cable

(b) DSL

(c) Satellite

(d) Dial-up

(e) None of these

 Q14. A program that is used to view websites is called a  _________.

(a) Word processor

(b) Spreadsheet

(c) Browser

(d) Web viewer

(e) Viewer

Q15. Which among the following is true about HTML and XML markup languages?

(a) They are specially development for the app development

(b) They are based on SGML

(c) They are versions of SGML

(d) They are independent of SGML

(e) None of these

Solution

S1. Ans. (d)

Sol. A blog is a regularly updated website or web page, typically one run by an individual or small group, that is written in an informal or conversational style.

S2. Ans. (a)

Sol. Fingerprints are one of many forms of biometrics used to identify individuals and verify their identity.

S3. Ans. (b)

Sol. Bridges operate on data link layer and they can be used to connect LANs.

 S4. Ans. (c)

Sol. In cryptography, ciphertext or cyphertext is the result of encryption performed on plaintext using an algorithm

S5. Ans. (a)

Sol. Java was introduced by Sun Microsystems.

S6. Ans. (a)

Sol.  File menu is selected to print a document.

S7. Ans. (c)

Sol.  American Standard Code for Information Interchange, is a character encoding standard (the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) prefers the name US-ASCII). ASCII codes represent text in computers, telecommunications equipment, and other devices.

S8. Ans. (b)

Sol.  An uninterruptible power supply, also uninterruptible power source, UPS or battery/flywheel backup, is an electrical apparatus that provides emergency power to a load when the input power source or mains power fails.

S9. Ans. (d)

Sol.  Personal Computer (PC) A microprocessor-based computer which is primarily intended to be used by one person at a time. It is usually characterised by relatively low cost and small physical size.

S10. Ans. (c)

Sol.  PROM is an acronym for Programmable Read Only Memory.

S11. Ans. (b)

Sol. C++, Java and PHP are object oriented programming languages.

S12. Ans. (c)

Sol.  When a logic bomb is activated by a time-related event, it is known as a Time bomb. In computer software, a time bomb is part of a computer program that has been written so that it will start or stop functioning after a predetermined date or time is reached.

S13. Ans. (d)

Sol. Dial-up is not broadband.

S14. Ans. (c)

Sol. Browser is used to view websites.

S15. Ans. (b)

Sol. HTML and XML are based on SGML. SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language) is a standard for how to specify a document markup language or tag set. Such a specification is itself a document type definition (DTD). SGML is not in itself a document language, but a description of how to specify one.

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Computer Awareness for SBI PO 2017

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Welcome to the world of Computer Awareness. With SBI PO Prelims 2017 round the corner, it should be your priority to cover every aspect of Computer on daily basis so that you can do well in SBI PO Mains exam. These are helpful not only for SBI PO Mains exam but other competition exams like SSC CGL, SSC CHSL, IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk, NIACL Assistant, IPPB PO, etc.

Q1. Which among the following is not a mobile Operating System?

(a) Bada

(b) Safari

(c) Symbian

(d) MeeGo

(e) WebOS

Q2. Which among the following key can be used as a shortcut to rename a folder in Microsoft Windows 8 and higher versions?

(a) F2

(b) F4

(c) F6

(d) F9

(e) F11

Q3. AT&T designed its first commercial modem, specifically for converting digital computer data to analog signals for transmission across its long distance network. What is the name of the modem?

(a) Telex

(b) Memex

(c) CompuServe

(d) Bell 103 dataset

(e) Dataphone

Q4. Integrated Chips or IC’s were started to be in use from which generation of Computers?

(a) 1st Generation

(b) 2nd Generation

(c) 3rd Generation

(d) 4th Generation

(e) 5th Generation

Q5. In Computer programming there is set of subroutine definitions, protocols, and tools for building software and applications. Which among the following is a term for sets of requirements that govern how one application can talk to another?

(a) UPS

(b) API

(c) CGI

(d) J2EE

(e) OLE

Q6. BSoDs can be caused by poorly written device drivers or malfunctioning hardware, such as faulty memory, power supply issues, overheating of components, or hardware running beyond its specification limits. Which colour screen is displayed when encountered a BSOD Error?

(a) Red

(b) Grey

(c) Black

(d) Blue

(e) Green

Q7. Which among the following is the smallest unit in an image in a computer screen?

(a) Unit

(b) Pixel

(c) Array

(d) Resolution

(e) Clip

Q8. Who among the following is inventor of transistors?

(a) Walter Houser Brattain

(b) John William

(c) John Bardeen

(d) Charles Babbage

(e) Both (a) and (c)

Q9. In E-R diagram, relationship is represented by _________.

(a) diamond shaped

(b) circular shaped

(c) ellipse shaped

(d) square shaped

(e) None of these

Q10. What is periodically adding, changing and deleting file records called?

(a) renewing

(b) upgrading

(c) restructuring 

(d) updating

(e) None of these

Q11. What is the short cut key to open Font dialog box in MS Word?

(a) Ctrl + F

(b) Alt + Ctrl + F

(c) Ctrl + D 

(d) Ctrl + Shift + D

(e) Alt + F4

Q12. What is gutter margin?

(a) Margin that is added to the left margin when printing

(b) Margin that is added to right margin when printing

(c) Margin that is added to the binding side of page when printing

(d) Margin that is added to the outside of the page when printing

(e) None of these

Q13. Codec refers to _____?

(a) Coder-decoder

(b) Co-declaration

(c) Command declaration

(d) Command decoding

(e) None of these

Q14. What are general purpose computers used for?

(a) Accounting

(b) Creating a small database

(c) Performs calculation

(d) All of the above

(e) None of these

Q15. Which among the following is an architecture followed by P2P?

(a) Client/ server 

(b) Distributed

(c) Centralized
(d) 1- tier
(e) None of these

Solutions

S1. Ans.(b)
Sol. Safari is a web browser

S2. Ans.(a)
Sol. F2 is a shortcut to rename selected object in MS windows 8 and higher versions

S3. Ans.(e)
Sol. In 1960's AT&T introduces its Dataphone, the first commercial modem. The first commercial modem made for converting digital computer data at analog signals for transmission across long distance networks

S4. Ans.(c)
Sol. IC were started to be in use from 3rd generation of computers. In third generation of computer, IC (Integrated circuits) was used as the electronic component for computers. The development of IC gave birth to a new field of microelectronics. The main advantage of IC is not only its small size but its superior performance and reliability than the previous circuits. It was first developed by T.S Kilby. This generation of computer has huge storage capacity and higher calculating speed.

S5. Ans.(b)
Sol. An API may be for a web-based system, operating system, database system, computer hardware, or software library. It is an acronym for Application Programming Interface. An API specifies how software components should interact and APIs are used when programming graphical user interface (GUI) components.

S6. Ans.(d)
Sol. BSODs appear when Microsoft Windows encounters a critical error it can’t recover from, requiring a reboot and possibly resulting in lost work. It stands for blue screen of death. Blue screens are generally caused by problems with your computer’s hardware or issues with its hardware driver software. A blue screen occurs when Windows encounters a “STOP Error.” This critical failure causes Windows to crash and stop working

S7. Ans.(b)
Sol. In digital imaging, a pixel, pel, or picture element is a physical point in a raster image, or the smallest addressable element in an all points addressable display device; so it is the smallest controllable element of a picture represented on the screen.

S8. Ans (e)
Sol. Walter Houser Brattain was an American physicist, along with John Bardeen and William Shockley, invented the point-contact transistor.

S9. Ans (a)
Sol. Diamond shaped figure is used to represent relationship in E-R diagram.

S10. Ans (d)
Sol. Updating is periodically adding, changing and deleting file records

S11. Ans (c)
Sol. Ctrl + D is the shortcut key to open font dialog box.

S12. Ans (c)
Sol. A gutter margin setting adds extra space to the side margin or top margin of a document that you plan to bind. A gutter margin helps ensure that text isn't obscured by the binding.

S13. Ans (a)
Sol. A codec is a device or computer program for encoding or decoding a digital data stream or signal.

S14. Ans (d)
Sol. General purpose computers can perform all those tasks.

S15. Ans (b)
Sol. Peer-to-peer (P2P) computing or networking is a distributed application architecture that partitions tasks or workloads between peers.

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